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Q. Did the witness comp,am tt ht!Chtotiel Shawe broke his word by never mAlilg her a preterit A. Never ; because he did make- ape a. present. Q. What wat,the arnouni ut that present ?—A. He wtnte a note to me, with ilia comtiliments, and that he was ery sorry I had' had so much trouble, and enclosed a ten pound note, Q. What was the date 9f : the transaction which the w tness has been speaking of ?—A. The tirit time that I saw Mrs. Clarke wits to 't sole Q li is (tie xithess eVer seen and convened . with Mr. Donovan on 'this subject LA. x I cannot re-4:0i le". Q. . '• • ' the w ' ritile ' s; IMUst . te to state the date o ' 1 the transaction, of which she has been speaking ?-4. .As near as I can guess it, was betWeed'll2ceinber t 804 and April•lBos. ' . '' y ' ' , . (a. Does the witness, .of .her qwn knowledge, 1 90 w any thing further _of 4W-fumed bet ween .1*• , 1:1- Jet: ,Shawe suet w Mr. Doepvelt, in Iliac, husiness : -A. Ido t. -. Q. Was the witness in the habit' Of eortesponding with Colonel Shawe ? , --A; •I have! written letters to, him frege ee dy . .. Tee p e riod .of lik, negotiation was, protraet e d, an d h e was himself in grent. suspense.. , . Q. Has the witness any of Colouel's Shawe's ler ! ters ) —A. No. -I returned- t 1 whole of them to Mr. Denovan.. , ~.;. . -•-•• . . •` (4- alt what period ,did she return them to Mr, , . amovan ?-'--A: I tieteVe shortly after I had s, en Bari. Clarke. , ~.' .. . ..1.- . . . Q. How came the witness to realm Colonel Shawe's ktters to Mr. r Donovan ?—,A. Mr. bon°. 'van sail, that he wished, an end to the . business, as he was convinced that Mrs: t[,4k,e could domathing . in it.' Q. Does the witness know any thing further of the transaaion which took place,afterwards betw,geri Mrs. Clark e an d Colonel "Shit%%; i=L--A. • I no'noi: ' Q. By 'Mr. DetiletS littoWiiit.--Duei the watiesi know •personally .Miss Taylor ? —A. I have 'seen Miss Taylor. She came to my house one clay ,with .. • her hther , Cape T.410r.. , , . . , Q. What do you know •of the ch'inetaer or rephte ' of Mitts Taylor, of %Petit- owl] knowledge ?—A. It is I. • bard' o Speak 'frOm hearsay; :Of My own knowledge . I know nothing. . . . 0.• By Mr. DENNiS BitowNE.—Did the witness ever tell any one that MisiTiiVlor was a person of bad repute?—A. I , oktainly di'cf`say that I could not return Miss Taylor's visitsrus. I had beard something unpleasa n t abouner. -•-- • U. Wes the' witness :know precisely what thoie unPleniant'clitttinstancert-eie of which she heard ? ---A. I only know,fronrhedrsay ; but I suppose I am not obliged to tell any thing but that which I know myself. Q. We'uhl the witness, from her knowledge of Miss Takirit, believe her evHence ?—A. 'I declare I don't see hciw I tin answer such -a 'tries; ionets that. It is merely 'matter of 'opinion- }cannot sayer ' Q. BySir Louis GRAHAM—Where dues the wit , mess live ?--- - -A, 'At . Nii,-2t.); Villiers-street. ' Q. How long has she lived there ?-41. Not'quite • - three MOM hs: . ~, Q. Where has she fermerly lived ?—A. In'Sceath Alolton- strec i. Q 'How long di'l she live in Smith Moltoe-street ? `''A. Upon ow word I cannot reColltel. Q. Cannot she recoiled how long she liVed there? Pie-A. No. • • 44 -• 4 , iw long 11:14 the witness generally lived in any iyit, at ._ d ' I, t : - --A. I liVe'd fur a eensiderable time in Panton-ri'llare. • Q. roc waat length of time ?—A. Two years and .3 half. Q. .. wl .len did she leave P won-squire ?—A. In Junf: 1803. ' '• Q. Did the witness live there when she visited IVlrs. Clarke, i—A. I never visited Mrs. Clarke. • - A.. Did Mrs. Clarke visit the witness ?—A. No. Q. Why, when did the witness see her ?—A. I ' • went to her on business. Q.- Has the %%Pitiless before stated to .he Commit tee all the business site ilaS had with Mrs. Clarket?— it. No; I have not. • 1 Q. I wish/the witness to state 'what other busi .• mess she has had with Mrs. Clirke ?—A. The other business I had with Mrs. Clarke related to Cemmis siohs for Gentlemen whose names have - never yet beep mentioned, and which _commissions Mrs. Clarke did not obtain. • Q., State the names of those other Persons. oil the motion of Sir.ll4.lND., the witness was Ordered to withdraw. . Mr. Baattio objected to the questinfi. It seemed to bun uatieLes:ary to state the names of persons • against whom no charge existed, as was evident from • the witness having herself said that they had not yet 1 • been mentioned. He thought it extreniely untair to put such.a question to' a person et whose veracity the Committee could not but have increasing doubt. Her loose statements might be of- seriouS detriment to many tespee.table persons, and if the Him. 13ii ronet persisted in his question, he should feel lt 'his duty to take the sense of the Committee 404 n it. Sir J . Ga ARA N! d ec l are d t h at h e h a d no Tither. view . in the question but that which related to the general course of the proceeding. Lord I'OO:STONE expressed his astonishment at 1 ' the objeCtion that had been made, The Committee ' . ‘ 1 44 instittited for the express purp os e o f i nqu i r i ng to ab in • ~ uses, and many - great abases had already b een • toscuvercd. Here, however, was' a question` which A r °rolied to lead to the development ofiurther and more e flo, agrant a b uses , an d .now the Bon. Gentleman got ek p object to its being put. Whoever referred to 'the instrnaions that the Committee` had re c ei ve d Irdit the House must be convinced that the question Was a good one, and ought' to be Proposed. Mr. BRAND, obServed, that tee- witntls had dis , tinily stated. that no proceeding had taken,place; as therefore no injury to the public had resulted, to ie quire into the subject would be only attended with i inconvenience. A short conversation then took place between Mr., i i; • I . . seller, Mr.' Whitbread and Mr. Canning, af ter • ' :. , ' , Which the witnesss was again called to the Bar. t Sir JAmss Gamiati.i.--Desire the Avirness to state the mares - Of those other persons to wham she al ' ludo '---A. There was never any thing done for - them. There names were entrusted to me. . • Sir 3. GRARAM.—Stftte their names. . % • On the motion' of General STEWART, the witness . N ,. . Was orderethe withdraw. ' , . Genera STEWART deprecated a further perse yerake in the' quest ion. Manytespe&able'Otheets tmerly dealt with people who wore, or professed to be cornmiSsion agents. By the answer to the clues= tion proposed by the lion. Bart. individuals might sustain a serious and unmerited evil, for which they have no adequate redress. Mr. WHITBREAD thought , the question a proper one. Sir 4. WRLI.Espq strongly reobinntended that the question should nbt be persevered in. Several regulation's had' •tvithin 'a fewlears beeri introduced • in the army, for the 'purpose of, preventing °dicers `from dealing with.Carnuris,ion Brokers. If the last question were an veered, it tu4rt . implicate the cha racters of many vary tes4feefal,le individuals, who, after all, as it appeared, had. nor succeeded in 013. mining their (404. ..l'he.committee was to inquire_ into the condua, not of Mrs. Clarke, but of his Po,yal HighneSs the Duke of York, and therefore ' unless' it' , could be shevon that: the applications reach,- cd the Duke of York, the : Committee bad nothing, to do with them. Lord n.'PET'r‘i was Of opinion that the chargtei of respetiable individuals. could not be injured by the quvstion , proposed. Mr. CAt,4I , I4 ; NG proposed, that. when the witness was called in, the tirStqUestiOn put to her should lA, Wheiher ornOt - the 'names were mentioned to:Mrs: • ,• • Clarke. ) and craitt they had, the should be required lO'StQfe them to the Committee. Ik: . n witness was - recalled. — (1: Did the witness • ever send the names Of the lother, Gentlemen to Mrs.. Clarke 'took them. 1. myself. Q. Did she deliver item with her own hands fO 11:11 - 3-. Clarke ?--. , A!°*l r e - s:' -••- 0. The witness will state their names to the.Com ukittee.--A. I cannot. Q. She must enLavour to recolleet them.—A. It is not want of rnetnory. I appeal.to - the 'House. IC:rAutiumi—tv.The witness must ansWe...tho question that ,is put Jo-her."—(A : panse)—" r inust remind the witness til'at she ought to ans'bvtg prompt „ ' -A. I cannot remember. It 'woub.l be veryl dis honourable to mention the. names of Gentlemen who can never be brotight forward. CAW —" The Chairman is armed with full powers, to compel the ~ vicne,s to answer." Q. By the CHANCELLOR pl. the EXCHEQUER." Was the witness authorised trona tile Gunk tilt.'fl tq • .401 . 11 she has alluded, to give s their .names to Mrs. • Chirke ) --f.A. I don't rtcv;lcct that.' Q. Did she ever carry the names of any i)ersons to Mrs. Clarke without thei r authority i—A., not say, CHAIRMAN. —" The witness must say." Indeed my memo,y tio-‘s not itaittout. The witness wasmthtred Mr. CANNINP ' observed, toat Ow persons in (pea. do blight hsve .appliect get.pr,il)y to the witness, to procure prortsotio,- for thew, ithout authorising nor to refer to Mrs, Clarke: .solely related ti:) the Duku . of Yuri:, ht. sninnitted tp the'. tious ,, the, exvi!uteney o trato . oi; the tpn.;, , ,tion hysuelt a manner, that it should hot ht; productive, .. ~of any. itreievant „ matter. ~Pru ~:b;;'ri,.itty ~ t ttioite .. I persoias nad applied 10 the wit; i. :„.; as a I,:oviiiiiission Broker, -witticut being at all aware 91' tier cOtWelioD with Mrs. Clarke. Another conversation of considerable length then took pin..., upon the propriety of putting 01;4e:flues- . . tt . - . w w t __oui, atter hi.:h. the witness as recalled. to the 'ajar, and addressed by the 'Chairman: as loilowS " It is the opinion Of the Cnrumittee s that the cumulous put to y'ou laud: be aoswered. It is my duty to remind you that. this House possesses the power of indicting heavy punishments On those who disregard its injutiaionS, and' more especially. un 1 such as persevere in contumelious disobedience." I Sir. J. GRAHAM.—The witness most state the names of the persons.—A. Nothing but the power of the House should induce tue to do it i ------John f son and — 7 -- Williarnion. Q.. Any other persons i—A. I do not recoPe6t, (.. Endeavour to recolleCt ?-4. I cannot. i - Q. The witness said several I do nor re celled the names of any others. Q. Did the witness .ever deliver the names of any other persons to Mrs. Clarke; ?—A. I. think I. did ; but I .dott't recolleet their names. The two . whom I have mentioned. were old -acquaintances of mine. • U'. ,Whatk / were theft. Christian names ?—A. The • Poe was George, the other William. . Q. Where did they live ?—A. I cannot tell where they live now. Thiv was-tliree years ago. Q. Where did they live then ?4--A. I cannot tell. Q 1 How long has the witness brew a widow ?—. A. Near six years.. • Lord l'At.ragasrotn.—Did the 'witness ever ap ply to Mrs. C;:irke to pi-WM. 6 !Ave of .absetice for any Otlieer.?—A. Never, to the best at my recol- . . Lord Mturox.-,—Whon the witness gai•e• Mrs. Clarke the two tritnes which she has mentioned, what answer did Mrs . , Clarkentalte her.—A. She slid - she woold try what she could do, but that 101 C triuotake tune, .lest ,the, stnallebt •Stisplcion •shotilk arise or itsbcing a money transaaion,.tor that.would .111111 her. • • Q. Did Mrs,- Clagke express berSell * particolarly desirous to -conceal the transaaion from tne.Doke... of York-1.-4. She certainly I Q. By Lord FoLKs.,oNt.—Does the witness re.. Side in a house or in lodgings in Villiers-street ?--- +A. In lodgings, \ Q. What is the narneofthe . perion to whom the I . house belongs ?- 4 "L Adair. • Are there any other lodgers ?—A. I believe there are. Q. IS the landlord a 'man ora woman ? (a laugh). —A.. A woman, Q..liow long does the witness know Mr. Dono , ?—A..,Eight years. ". Q. When did she last. 8 . 8 This morn— ing, here, When did, site last see - him before she came' here I—A , Yesterday.. Q. Is she in the habit of seeing him constantly ? Yes. Q Is she aware of any transactions in wisich Ii has.been engSied. !gone but that in wil.Lh 1 was, myself coooerned, MajorShawe ' 41. Th a t' i s the' only transaction of the kind in which the witness has any knowk n of Mr. Do novan's king'.engaged ?—A. 1 do not tecollecil any. I other whateVer„. Q. Had Mr. Donovan any concerti in the lot of • , . . . 1. , No. I kne's noth i ng of what Mr. Donovan does; , ' - 'O. 'Did the witness never 'apply to the C ot & only what cin . dertts mysell. . ' rnander.in Chief for any ether ,situation for' Majoc Cl. Wlicn the witness IA cot first to Mrs. Clarke, Shaw ?—A. yes. was it of her own accord, cr was she sent by Mr. , Q. What situation was that ?—A. The sit !,-1: on. Donovan?—A. Of my own accord, without any which he now holds. introdudion whatever ; Mr. Don ovan never kuew • Q. Does the witness know what s it uat i o n that is ? I he'd seen Mrs. ClarkOtill about two months after- c7f : 6 1 ... . 00 D d e , p il u o ty o ..Barrack.:.1'aster Gen , f the Capewards. U. Was not Mr. Donovan acquainted with M rs . i U. Dethe'Witness receive a pecuniary conside . Clarke ?—A. Not to my knowledge ; I believe not. ; rat i on in consequence ?A. Yes. U. Was the Witness often at Mr s . Clarke's when . Q: How . much ?—A. tool. -'' she :elided at Gloucester-place ?—.I can't say how Q. Does she recoiled how she received it ?—A; often. . ' I received 3001. from Major Shaw,. and ,titool. irons Q. Was she there very frequently ?- 7 -A. No, not sone tn . ltn, whom I understood to be a Clerk from very frequently. . . CrSutts,,and on that account 1 had a gre:.t mind to • Q. How. often doeS she . suppose she has heen U. send it back. there?--A. Fite or six times in the I. l st mo nth. U. Was the witness satisfied with this 504, Q: Was sir never there but on the bus!ness of W....C. . t‘; 1 1 s h e received I—A. No, 1 was -no. Major Shawe ?—A. I have stated bei o le that I - went -" Q. Did she cump!ain to the Commander in , to Mrs. Clarke on otherbusiness. Chief ?—A. Yes';'T did. ' Q. Was she never there but on the business of -Q. What was the consequence of that complaint ? Major Shawe,'Mr. Johnson; and Mr. Williainsan ? ' A. Hi, Royal Highness said that he had told me ..,..A.. Ida not recoiled the other names. ' ! over and over again . to be more careful, and- not al. Q: But was the' witness never there but on those' ' 4. , • T i low myself to be so duped, and that he would im occasions r—A. No. ' , '. I mediately put *Mr. Shaw on halt-pay. .•• Q, Wits the witness well acquainted With the i Q. Does the witness knoWlhai i'vLijor Shaw Was house which Mrs. Clarke inhabited in' Gloucester- ; actually put on half-pay in consequence of that cir place ?—A. ,Certainly not vet)" well,. acquainted. eutnstauee ?—At. He suit ate sevefal letters of come U. What` rooms-has she been in there ?—A. I plaint i hut . l d,d not trouble: myself much about have been in the ctrawing room, the parlour, and hini , for I thought he wai already too well ot1; the bed room. • • • • i considering his condo& to.vityds tele, Q.. Handsomely furnished, was it not,?—A, Yes. 1 Q. 'By Mr. CaOltf.R.--113S the witness been in Q. Very magnificent ?—A. Very. . I the habit of repregentitz burst:llas a witiosso—A. I Q..• The witness 1e seen all the rooms, and' Yet .: n e ver re pr e s en t e d' my se lf" ti widow, excet - 4, at tin, has been in the hotise only two or three times : 1 Court-Niarshal of Captain Thotnson,.at Colchester. A. I said just now that I have been, five t.,1" SIX liLlicS 1 0. Did witlio y* ever d o so at any oil i er t i me ?..... last Month.. I A. A I never d.d. (Theisatne. question was repeated, . b Q.'How long 4 the witness iss been ac(painted ! and the, same answer reform:a.) with Mrs. Clarke ?.---.A. Since December 'lBO4. i Q. Has ,the witness represented herself as a wi .Q. Was it on the'business of Major Shawe that ! dow since 180.3 ?—A. Very likely I have on some the witness became acquainted with her ?—A. Be- : part i cu l ar ode' don. fore that cif cnmstonce. • ! U. ilas the wittlo3i ever gene by the name of U. On ‘V11.1( occasion ;lien did ti l t wiilitSS beC011)0 : D4ahei-?---A. Vel pol,ibly I' alight have been re acquainte4 with Mri• Cilrlco-?—A• I, wa s told ;i.e . pr•geiilea by that name, hut I never did sii m) self, had some Cotnmis to dispoe of i *lidless for the sake of a :;(71;e. lal wn) sv. cut hy my • 'Q. What, did the witnesS wi.A, to procure Com- I own tratr i e tnisiions ?--A. Yes, that ti me , i 0. H.rve you resided at Hampstead any time last O. 'rhea' it Seems the svitness dial go to iNlrs. y -- eln * ?-::1. 1 have. . . Clarke at other time than those which ;Ate. his Just 1 Q. Have )oo always gone, during your re,ii.ence noW T stated ? A. he fit'st time that I watt, 1 told :at Hampstead, by the name o f *Clarke ?—A. I al her her I eatne to set:l/1W Ct.4lllilli;is;< Ali lie 11.1 d . to dir. j wa ys d i d, . , i pose. Of. . .. 1 U. In whose, house. did you resit!! ;It, at Han3p '.' ' ' O. Was the SY lto ess InducLed to go by curiosity : stead ?—A. At Mr. Niacin's. albilL. ?—A. No. ' . Q. How long did wit- ,ung A. A part ortwo years. Q. In tht years 1808 and 1809 ?-4. No, I re sided at liatups:ead in the years 1807 and 1803. Q. The witness stated at a forma. examination, U. By what other motive?—A. I had experienced great ini,fortunes, and was in ernbarr:thstnettls. - Q. To rebere bersell, the witness tiegnaited the sale of Coturnissions ?—A. I tried, but was not suc cessful. mess resi, le at :ampstesi that she only saw Mr. Dowler but twice since his return from Portugal ; .I.wish to lino* if sheltill adheres to this declaration 1—,4..1t is true that I have seen him twice, and even'three times, since his return. k, a. When did the witness see Mr. Dowler the third time ?—A. In this House. , .U. How often ha; -,‘itness seen Mr:Daimler. since his return to thiq country, bcsides thesethree times? A. Onee yesterday. ' ) Q. Are thes,t the only times v.itness has seen Mr. DoAler ; since his return i—A. It it will do . arty good to tit ' ' Gentleman, I could tell him that I , did iee him oftener.—(Order, Order ).. 1 U. Wilesha% the ‘%itness seen Mr. bowler be sido iliti'times already commented upon—A. At his 0 Nit Intel. Q. When did she see him there ?..-A! The same night he arrived in this country from Portugal, but 1 I wished it to be kept a secret Irons thy friends and family. . . Mr. WILBERFOHCkt here Observed, that these questions had no tendency, whatever to elucidate the important inquiry before the 'Comtnittee ;. they were, in hi: opinion, •irrelevant and foreign toAhts principal o .4.. t. The CUANCtiLLOR of the gscur,autit was never more surprised than to hear such observations MI from the. Hon. 'Gentleman. Surely nothin i f was More material in this inquiry than these and similar 'questions. How could the testimony of the witness be either contradiaed or brought into discredit, tin.; less questions were set shaped, that . by the answers given the truth or,talsity of her evidence would be apparent.' He therefore tholght his Hon. Friend (Mr. Croker) was- perfealy to r re in the train in w hich he put his questions to the,witness. Mr. FITZCIERALD considered the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wilberforte)as perfe6tly borrea itt his obser vations relative to the irrelevancy of the questions, as they timely went tointroduoe into the inquiry ex.. 'trantious matter, and could not in any degree ailed the. testimony of the witness. , , Mr. CHOKER replied with mucli,warintli to the retvarks made by the Hon. Gent, who spoke.last ; and insisted not only on the relevancy, but absolute , necessity of pursuing the enquiry . by such qeestioriti as he ,pot It? Litt; v, itpess. , . ' .. .. ~. .4kfter ft few observations. from 'Mr. Raman. and ' Mr. AnAms, the witness was called in, and the'4- lilitiAliUli centinued by Mr. CHOKHR. Q. How iftep . did witness see Mr. Dowler at the hotel ?—„ft Only once. U. On what day did yon see him at the hotel 1,-- , A. I saw him on Thursday, immediatolton his return. .0. On Thursday ?—A. Yes. ' .. Q. At what time of the day I—A. At night. Q. i At what hotel did the witness see Mr. Dow ler ?—A. At Rei,d's hotel, in St. Martin's lane. Q. Did 'witness remain long in the company with Mr. Dowler on that occasion t---A. .Not very long. Q. Did witness see Mr. Dowler'on'FridaY morn ing ?..-A. I did not. . • • ' ' Q. Did net witness send a bill drawn by the Duke . isf York, to 'Birkett, the silversmith I—A. 'Veit, 'a small bill for 3 or 4001. but it was drawn by the . • Duke himself, for I neverAirew any. . . ‘l, By Sir ROBERT WI LLlAms.—During the•three years the witness lived at Gloucester-place - under the proteclion, of the. Duke of YOrk, did not the whtile of her. expellees, including every part, of her csta blishMent, amount to 25,000 i .—A'. they tiid not ; the Duke did not. make good his monthly payments. U. Did not the Duke of York pay, on account o f the witness, during her residence there, a stun n o t less tharywnoooll , - ,,, A. No, he - clitt - not. -,,,-- -.--s - U 'Did he not advance op the WitnOßß'it account 1 ' 5,6(101 ' .. including the price of the house I—A. I Q. His the w itness received frequetit'letters from Mrs. Clarke ?—A. Yes. ,• Q. Qlwhat_ date was the latest letter that tha witness received ?—A. I always returned every one of Mrs. Clarke's letters a day or.two after I received them. Q. I repeat,' of ,What date was' the last letter' which the witness received from Mrs. Ckuk e ? A. I have tint leeei veil one these two n i ourbs. Q. Did-the witness invariably return Mrs. Clarke's letters to her.--:-A. Invariably. Q. (By Sir R. WILLIAms). The witness has just saij 'that she. Lai freiluently been at:-.Mrs. Chtrke4, and has seen the , parlour, •the, druiving,-roomi the bed-rooms, Sze.• Is that true ?—A, It is. 0, How does the t.eituess r...concile that state ment`tvith the farmer ,part of her examination, in , which she said tint she had' only seen Mrs. Clarke twice? nevorsai4 O. (A former question and aoswer were then read.) Q. (By Mr. BAttu.sm). The witness has said that she would not visit Miss Taylor troth mOtaves utnie licacyr, how flapixned it that the same delicacy did not prevent her from visiting Mr 4.•• Clarke ?—A:' I have already stated the' remelts that induitt WC to Call on Mrs. Clarke. • Q. Did :he Witness ever, receive any authority front Mrs. Clarke to negotiate for i Commissions • the army ?—A. Never. Q. (Ily Lord MILTON). Who told the witness that Mrs. Clarke had Ceneei4ions to dispose of ? General-:-Reliort-•--- (a 'wish ) Q. - Cannot the wit ness endeavor to recolleB the individn'al who told her I cannot reCiAleo.i remember asking a Geotleman.MrsClarke's address: Q. Who was that Gentlemao Mr, Tayior. • 0. Who is Mr. Taylor He is no acquaint atiee. of Mrs. Clarke's: • • R. What ohjed bad the witness in asking for MrS.Clarke's address ?—A.That I might call on her. Q. Why did she reams Mrs. ke's letters ? A. Because she begged that I would du no. Mrs. Hovendee's examination here closed. A Member, whose name we could not. learn, ad • vetting to the letter from the ArchbishOp of Titain, which at that -evening had been presented,' w tilted that au Hon. Friend sir hj3 would have the ondness to, look at it, and declare to the Hunse wi w ilwr or irot - lie' thought it to be the ,Archhishop's hand -.4.rit Mg. Mr. lines/oars : examined the letter, and ex he rd lais convietion.that it was in the hand-writ ing of the Aichbishop. . The letter (which was addressed to Dr, O'Mara) - Was read by one of the Clerks; it was to the: follow ing of ed " Crescent, Bath, Feb. 14, t8. , 6.. " SIR-4n consequence of your application to ute on the subject, I have no. hesitation in declaring, that 1 hive been assured by mans) , persons, on,whorn I place the highest re. bailee, that You are an• unexceptionable char.u: ur in every /VS, eCt j that )ou Area Mall of good / family mut intik-pendent fortune. am, &c. W. T U t l / 4 ." Mrs. Clarke was SlinittlOn6d to the bar. Didlhd with know Major Shaw I—A, Yes. Q. Dieys bhe recoiled his applying to I)er to pro epre atv appointment for him through the alo,ciluin Of the Cotntnander iii Chief ?—A. I do. • Q What ;appointment was it As:A:Lieutenant Coloneley. Q. Did Major Shiw promise the witness any pe cuniary consideration in the event of his obtaining the a'ppointment?—A. Yes; he did. Q. To what amount cannot say- - that I immediately recollect. I believe it was. t 0061. Q. Did the witnoss iu ennsegtienee ipprtse the Commander in Cf ict of the offer that had been made to her, and apply to him for the appointment Yes, I did ;"bi..4 then CornmandeHn' Chief hid pre viously _appointed Major' Shaw to a situation in the